garden lantern; hanging lantern
short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
covered in mud; mud-caked
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
pleasant feeling; good vibes
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
first cry of a newborn baby
multiplication table; times table
recitation; reciting from memory
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
admiration; wonder; astonishment
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
living person; the living
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
all you want; as much as one wants
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
different opinion; objection
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
staying the night; lodging (at)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)